Syria: Kurdish fighters block Islamic State (IS) advance into the centre of Kobane
Thick smoke, debris and fire could be seen rising over the Syrian town of Kobane as fighting intensified between Syrian Kurds and ISIS
Kurdish fighters thwarted a bid by Islamic State group jihadists to advance into the centre of the battleground Syrian town of Kobane early this morning, according to a monitoring group.
The attack came after the IS militants overran Kurdish headquarters in the border town yesterday.
The offensive sparked fears they would cut off the last escape route to neighbouring Turkey for hundreds of mainly elderly civilians still in the town centre.
The IS assault sparked 90 minutes of heavy fighting with the town’s Kurdish defenders before the jihadists fell back, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.